Settling in!

After a nice long holiday in Malta Mommy has decided not to send me back to my school. I was very happy to announce to them when Mommy went to see them that "I am not coming here again. I am not coming here anymore". (I personally feel that they made no effort to teach him. After all that time he did not learn one word of Arabic or French from them. I taught him to count in French up to 5 in one day. He also greets the taxi drivers in French when he gets in or exits the taxi. The ability is there, it was just their lack of effort that was lacking.)

I am going to a new school. It is a Montssori school in Hammam Lif from October.http://www.montessori.tn/index.php/main/index


I have made a new friend called James. James is South African and he lives in Tunis. His Daddy works for the South African Embassy in Tunis and Mommy and his mommy love to talk all the time. (Meeting Annalize has been my saving grace. It is so "lekker" to have someone to speak to in Afrikaans. They are a great family and I am so pleased that we have met them)









Jakob and I play together nicely. We have our moments but in general we like to laugh together, be tickled and have Mommy read us stories. I get to watch Tom and Jerry while I eat my meals.

I love gorillas, robots, lizards and most other animals. 

I dont like it when other kids get into trouble and when Daddy shouted at Jakob I said "Dont shout at my baby brother."

 

At night we all sleep together in room on 2 double bed matresses. I am still not the biggest eater but I love pizza and will eat it any time of the day. We go to Mister Panino, our local pizzaria owned by an Italian lady, at least once a week where I get to share watered down Coke with Mommy.

Mommy does not have a car and I often walk while Jakob is in the pram. Sometimes we walk very far. I always have to wear a hat when I go out.


When Daddy wants me to go to bed and I am working on my iPad I say, "No thank you Daddy, I am still busy"

During Ramadan we started going for walks in the evenings along the beach front.

3 June 2013
"There are finger nails on my toes."

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On the beach in Sidi Bou Said

Sidi Bou Said - Mommy insisted I show her a "HAPPY" face.

We stop at this coffee shop in the Centre Ville and Mommy buys us Parrot juice while they have coffee

PARROT JUICE

I love animals. I am an animal rescuer! I am also very interested in what is eaten by who. My friend Zacharia was circumsized and his family celebrated it with the slaughter of a sheep. I loved thie sheep and named him, Claude. I spent the whole day with him, feeding him, stroking him, leaning against him, kissing him, it goes on... That evening he had to "go back to the farm" to be with his family.

"What do crocodiles eat?"
"They eat meat"
"No they don't. They eat broccoli"
"No little boys eat broccoli"
With a giggle
"No Silly, that wil make me 'veree' sick"


Another time:

"Cocodiles eat custard"
"No they don't"
"They do, they eat crocodile custard"







I love going to "my" souk to "buy things for me". I still don't love school and I told Daddy I don't like it because the nuns don't talk to me. I don't always listen and I am pushing boundaries. I dont like getting into trouble and when I do I think up punishments for Mom and Dad.

"Daddy, I will call a shark to eat you"
"Mommy, I will stick you on the wall with some stingray tape"


We have been to the Tunis-zoo and the beach in Bou Cedria. I love the beach and lie in the sand.

Feeding the reindeer at the zoo in Tunis

During summer we often take bathes during the day just to cool down.

My memory amazes my parents. I still remember my nanny, Natasha, and my teacher, Vanessa. I say things that amaze Mommy and Daddy as to how I remember it.

Becoming a little boy

I am much better now. We are with Daddy living in Ez Zarah in Tunisia. I'm settling into my new French/Arabic playschool with Mami Foufa and we have some routine going. In the mornings we take the taxi to school and in the afternoon we walk back with Jakob in the pram.

I am 38 months old, I weigh 14kg and I am 0.94m tall

We never watch TV anymore, we only use the iPad and the Computer to play and watch programs. I am an iPad expert!


My 3rd Birthday was very different to my 2nd Big Birthday Party but Mommy and Daddy did their best to make it Special.

We went to Malta for Easter and stayed with Granny and Grandpa. The Easter Bunny brought us eggs and I went on an Easter Hunt at the primary school and that morning I got a treasure map at home to find my eggs.

MOSTA Easter Procession. I loved the band and when a statue of Jesus came by I said "Jesus was a big man"

We also manged to spend some time on the beach

Daddy bought this special bike seat for me from the souk

Making Playdough

Jakob and I play together very nicely. Sometimes he bothers me when I am trying to work on the iPad. From time to time I try to move him by picking him up under the arms and moving him but I am not allowed to do that.

Jakob and I on the beach in Ezzahra

Catch me, Mommy! Running on the roof at home.

I miss everything...

The past 2 months have turned my little 35 month old life upside down.

I left my school, my country, my house, my nanny and my friends and family behind.

I am now staying with Mommy and Jakob at Granny and Grandpa's house in Mellieha, Malta until we move to Tunis on 27 January. Granny and Grandpa are going out of their way to help us.

I go to  a new playschool with the Nuns but I am very confused. This morning I said "I don't want to go to the nuns. I want to go to work. I want to see the Ladies. I want to get on the aeroplane and go home, Mommy. I miss Tasha". 

I miss my Daddy and everything that I know. I am still the sweetest boy but I'm struggling t the moment.

The Big Stone

The Big Stone

Once upon a time, there was a big Stone. Inside the Stone there lived two kids, a boy and a girl. The name of the boy was Elijah and the name of the girl was Anika.

Whenever the 2 kids wanted to go and buy sweets, chocolates or peanuts they would sing to the stone.

“My Stone, my Stone,
Open up, Open up (with small voices)”

And suddenly the Stone would open up into two and the kids would jump out to go shopping. The Stone would close and on their return they would sing to the stone again.

One day a big lion was watching them as they did their routine and it listened to their song. Once the kids where inside the Stone, the lion sang to the stone in a big voice,

“My Stone, my Stone,
Open up, Open up”

The Stone opened up, the Lion went inside and said to the kids, “I am going to eat you today!” The children took forks and spoons and chased the Lion away. They said to the Stone, “Do not open for the Lion ever again. Do you hear me?” The Stone said, “Yes, sorry Eli and Anika. I wont do it again.”

The End

A short story, as told by Natasha Dlamini, Elijah's Swazi Nanny

My Buddy Oliver

 I am 33 months old now.  I weigh 14.16kg.

My speech gets better by the day. I am very sweet and I love my baby brother Jakob. He is the first one I ask for in the morning. He is Mr Chatterbox and I am Mr Cool. 

Tjiff en Tjaff - Eli and Kye at the Mini Steam trains

I love music and stories and insist on being one of the characters in the stories. I am completely potty trained. Food is not a priority in my life.

I am a happy little boy. I love to laugh.